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FIG. 72. NEST AND EGG OF ORANGE-HEADED MANAKIN 



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the side of the body, with traces of at least three covert 

 sheaths. These all lay along the femur. 



Ten primaries were apparent, looking like small, nearly 

 straight claws, giving to the posterior side of tlie forewing 

 a saw-like appearance. The outer foin* feathers were some- 

 what larger and perfectly straight; the succeeding six were 

 quite distinct, being curved forward. Only a single claAv- 

 like feather tip appeared on the thumb. 



In the crop of the nestling were two kinds of small, 

 fleshy seeds, two-inch worms and a small, brilliant green 

 beetle. 



A week later, on ^Nlarch 27, I examined the second nest- 

 ling, a male. It sat silently crouched far down in tlie nest 

 until (h'sturbed when it uttered a slirill chirp. The flight 

 feathers wei-e almost full grown, but (juite unbroken from 



